On 30 August 1781, she was with the French fleet under Admiral de Grasse. The view from Lady Juliana on the morning after the hurricane, featuring Glorieux along with HMS Centaurand HMS Ville de Paris Built by Clairin Deslauriers at Rochefort and launched on 10 August 1756, she was rebuilt in 1777. The French ship Glorieux was a second-rate 74-gun ship of the line in the French Navy. Altogether around 3,500 lives were lost from the various ships. A number of the merchant fleet, including Dutton, British Queen, Withywood, Rodney, Ann, Minerva and Mentor also foundered. HMS Ramillies had to be abandoned, and was burnt. The French prizes Ville de Paris, Glorieux and Hector foundered, as did HMS Centaur. Of the rest of the warships, only Canada and Jason survived to reach England. Ardent and Caton were forced to leave the fleet and make for a safe anchorage, Ardent returning to Jamaica and Caton making for Halifax in company with Pallas. On 17 September 1782, the fleet under Admiral Graves was caught in a violent storm off the banks of Newfoundland. In the night of 5 September, Hector met the French frigates Aigle and Gloire in the ensuing Action of 5 September 1782, Hector sustained severe damage, but was saved from capture by the rest of the convoy. Graves also had under his command the captured former-French 74-gun Jason, but she did not leave with the rest of the fleet, having stayed at Jamaica to complete her watering. Also with the fleet were a number of British merchant ships. These were the 110-gun Ville de Paris, the 74-gun ships Glorieux and Hector and the 64-gun Ardent, all captured at the Battle of the Saintes by Sir George Brydges Rodney's fleet, and the 74-gun Caton, captured at the Battle of the Mona Passageby Sir Samuel Hood. Graves was escorting a number of French ships captured by the British during operations off North and Central America. On 25 July Admiral Graves sailed a fleet from Bluefields, Jamaica, escorted by a naval force consisting of his flagship, the 74-gun HMS Ramillies, and the 74-gun ships HMS Canada and HMS Centaur, with the 36-gun frigate HMS Pallas. It is believed to have killed some 3,500 people. The Central Atlantic hurricane of 1782, was a hurricane that hit the fleet of British Admiral Thomas Graves as it sailed across the North Atlantic in September 1782. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in Historyġ6 September 1782 - The Central Atlantic hurricane of 1782, was a hurricane that hit the fleet of British Admiral Thomas Graves as it sailed across the North Atlantic in September 1782.
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